People v. Loveless CA4/3

FACTS

In June 2007, Summer Starnes had a 16th birthday party at her home on 5580 Bonnie Street in San Bernardino. The day of the party, Starnes saw Loveless and Trevon Miller at a liquor store and invited them to her party. At the party, Starnes arranged for someone to search guests for weapons before they entered her home. Nineteen-year-old Loveless, a member of the 59th Street East Coast Crips (59th Street) who went by the gang moniker “Killer Tae,” went to the party with Miller 1 and Marshon Triplett.2 Miller, who was 14 years old, was also a member of 59th Street and went by the gang moniker “Capone.” Triplett, who was 16 years old, was a member of 18th Street Maze (18th Street) and went by the gang moniker, “Young 9” or “Baby 9.”

In exchange for his truthful testimony, Miller would not serve his 21-year prison sentence for committing voluntary manslaughter for the benefit of a criminal street gang.

In exchange for his truthful testimony, Triplett would not serve his 21-year prison sentence for committing voluntary manslaughter for the benefit of a criminal street gang.

2 Loveless, Miller, and Triplett were driven to the party by a man they knew…